Monday, December 12, 2011

India Trashes West Indies

India maintained their awesome run by beating West Indies 2-0 in the test series and 4-1 in the ODI series.The first test match was won by India by 5 wickets! West Indies scored 304 with Chandrepaul making 118 and P.Ojha picking up 6 wickets.India were all out for 209 all out with Sehwag making 55 and Dravid making 54.West Indian captain Sammy picked up 3 wickets.In the second innings West Indies were bowled out for a mere 180 with Chandrepaul making 47 and debutant Ashwin picking up 6 wickets.India  needed  276 runs to win the match and India wn it easily with the little master making 76 and Laxman making 58*..R.Ashwin was adjudged the Man of the match.In the second test India won by an innings and 15 runs.India wn the tss and chose to bat.Ondia made a mammoth 631 for 7 wickets decl.! There were 3 centurions. VVS Laxman made 176*,Indian Skipper MS Dhoni making 144 and R.Dravid making 119.West Indies were bundled out for 153 with Ojha picking up 4 wickets and U.Yadav picking up 3 wickets.U.Yadav bowled with brilliant pace all through out the series.West Indies batted really well in the second innings by making 463 runs with Darren Bravo making 136 and M.Samules making 84.but it was not enough! VVS Laxman was adjudged the Man of the Match. The third test was very thrilling.West Indies made  590 with Bravo scoring 166 and Ashwin getting 5 wickets.India smade 482 with Ashwin getting to his maiden test century scoring 103 and Tendulkar making 94.In the second innings West indies were bundles out for 134 with Ojha picking up 6 wickets and Ashwin picking up the rest.India needed 243 runs in 64 overs.The end was thrilling.India needed 2 runs to win from 2 balls.India was at 241 for 8.Anything could have happened.A tie,A west indies win,An Indian win.Ashwin defended the 5th ball ensuring India won't lose the test.Ashwin pushed the last ball to long on and completed a run.Varun Aaron was quick and made it to the non-striker's end with ease but the throw was t the keeper's end and Ashwin was too late to react and was gone with the scores level.Ashwin was adjudged the Man of the match and the series.
                                                      In the ODI series Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni were rested.The first match was thrilling in which India won by a wicket.West Indies scored 211/9 with Darren Bravo scoring 60.India scored 213 for 9 with R. Sharma making 72.The tail enders held their nerves and ensured India a victory.The second match was a hard fought win even though India won it by 5 wickets.West Indies were reeling at  170 for 9.Ravi Rampaul changed gears and went on.He scored 86* and the 10th wicket partnership was worth 99 runs.Rampaul's 86 was the highest by any No.10 batsman in the world and the partnership was the 3rd highest.India needed 270 to win.India were reeling at 84 for 3 when Virat Kolhi joined R. Sharma. They together put on a 163 run partnership.Virat Kolhi reached his century but was out for 117 but Rohit Sharma was unbeaten scoring 90*.The third ODI was won by West Indies by 16 runs.West Indies made 268/5 with some power hitting from Sammy and Russel down the order.India kept on losing wickets regularly and India were all out for 244 with R.Sharma scoring 95.The fourth match was a memorable one with Sehwag scoring 219 which included 7 sixes and 25 fours,the highest ever individual score in ODI's eclipsing Sachin's 200* against SA in Gwalior on 24th february 2009.Sehwag's innings was a blinder after he was under pressure not scoring runs in the previous games.India piled up 418 runs,their highest score in ODI's.Evenually India won thegame by 153 runs.Sehwag was the Man of the match.In the last ODI Manoj Tiwary scored his maiden ODI century  and V.Kolhi scored 80 to take India to 267 for 6.West Indies were struggling at 36 for 4 when Keiron Pollard came in.he too scored his maiden ODI century scoring 119 whicj included 10 sixes.But his efforts were in vain as West Indies fell 34 runs short.The tour was much expected for Sachin to get to his 100th ton but he couldn't get it! Harbhajan wasn't picked for any game and Ashwin was the new find in the test series for India.Irfan Pathan made it into the last two ODI's but played only the last one.He picked up 2 wickets.Rahul Sharma also bowled exceedingly well.It was a good series for India and West Indies as it found many youngsters performing well! Sunil Narine made it into the ODI squad.The next series is going to be one of the toughest tests for India....India tour of Australia which includes 4 tests,2T20Is and 15 ODI's...